Word Meanings - HISS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the letter s, by driving the breath between the tongue and the teeth; to make with the mouth a sound like that made by a goose or a snake when angered; esp., to make such a sound

Additional info about word: HISS

1. To make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the letter s, by driving the breath between the tongue and the teeth; to make with the mouth a sound like that made by a goose or a snake when angered; esp., to make such a sound as an expression of hatred, passion, or disapproval. The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee. Ezek. xxvii. 36. 2. To make a similar noise by any means; to pass with a sibilant sound; as, the arrow hissed as it flew. Shod with steel, We hissed along the polished ice. Wordsworth.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of HISS)

• Hoot
• Hiss
• execrate
• denounce
• sibilate
• decry

Related words: (words related to HISS)

• DENOUNCE
  denunciare; de- + nunciare, nuntiare, to announce, report, nuntius a 1. To make known in a solemn or official manner; to declare; to proclaim . Denouncing wrath to come. Milton. I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish. Deut. xxx.
• DECRY
  To cry down; to censure as faulty, mean, or worthless; to clamor against; to blame clamorously; to discredit; to disparage. For small errors they whole plays decry. Dryden. Measures which are extolled by one half of the kingdom are naturally decried
• SIBILATE
  To pronounce with a hissing sound, like that of the letter s; to mark with a character indicating such pronunciation.
• EXECRATE
  To denounce evil against, or to imprecate evil upon; to curse; to protest against as unholy or detestable; hence, to detest utterly; to abhor; to abominate. "They . . . execrate their lct." Cowper.
• DENOUNCER
  One who denounces, or declares, as a menace. Here comes the sad denouncer of my fate. Dryden.
• DENOUNCEMENT
  Solemn, official, or menacing announcement; denunciation. False is the reply of Cain, upon the denouncement of his curse. Sir T. Browne.
• ASSIBILATE
  To make sibilant; to change to a sibilant. J. Peile.